GSC - New Product Introduction (NPI) Lead

Solventum (3M Healthcare); Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel up to 25%

Job summary

Solventum is seeking a GSC NPI Manager to lead global supply chain activities for new product introductions. You will coordinate cross-functional teams from development to commercial launch, ensuring manufacturability and readiness across internal and external sites.

Key interactions include R&D, Process Technology, and Manufacturing, with focus on risk management, schedule adherence, and cost targets. Hybrid roles in MN and TX with travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher plus 7+ years in manufacturing/operations engineering/supply chain leadership.
• High School Diploma/GED plus 10+ years in manufacturing/operations engineering/supply chain leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Global Supply Chain POC for NPI projects across Solventum business areas.
• Lead extended GSC team through new product development to commercial launch.
• Maintain project timelines, resource needs, cost targets, and capital estimates.
• Track state-gate milestones and deliverables; manage NPI at contract manufacturers or suppliers.
• Collaborate with R&D, Process Technology, and Manufacturing for manufacturability; feed design inputs and timelines.
• Ensure readiness for new processes at receiving sites and manage design transfer to stable production.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Operations engineering

Supply chain leadership

Project management

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

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Job Description:

GSC NPI Manager (Solventum)

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers' toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• Serve as the Global Supply Chain Point-of-Contact (GSC POC) for the NPI projects that support the various business areas of Solventum (i.e. Dental, MedTech, IP&SS, AWC).
• Lead the GSC extended team (functional SMEs) in the set-up and integration of new products, either manufactured in house or bought-in finished goods, through all phases of product development to commercial launch.
• Compile and maintain project timelines, resource needs, cost targets, and capital estimates.
• Track and report on deliverables by state-gate and key milestones status.
• Direct where needed the NPI efforts at contract manufacturers and/or 3rd party suppliers.
• Partner closely with Research and Development, Process Technology Engineering, and Manufacturing organizations to ensure manufacturability of new products.
• Provide feedback on design inputs, business case parameters, and timelines to core NPI team.
• Drive efforts into the receiving manufacturing sites to ensure technical and operational readiness for the new processes, providing project management of design transfer into stable production processes for commercial launch.
• Liaise with internal and external customers such as Procurement, Manufacturing, R&D, Quality, Marketing, and Regulatory, proactively managing the risk associated with viability, design assurance, and scalability.
• Monitor and report out on the NPI portfolio to leadership and businesses.
• Support quality standards within the Engineering Group, ensure adherence to the QMS, direct and execute where needed CAPA's, support quality metrics.
• Ensure and execute continuous manufacturing excellence and drive a focused innovative approach within the team.
• Collaborate with Solventum Product/Process Development Labs.
• Adhere to the standardized procedures and controls related to quality, environment, H&S and security protocols in accordance with industry, customer and organizational requirements.
• Align and support the definition of key goals and objectives aligning with the strategy.
• Perform other duties as required.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher AND seven (7) years of manufacturing, operations engineering, and/or supply chain leadership experience in a private, public, government or military environment
• High School Diploma/GED from AND ten (10) years of manufacturing, operations engineering, and/or supply chain leadership experience in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Project engineering experience in manufacturing process development, validation, and design transfer expertise.
• Master's degree in manufacturing management, project/technical management, or other related discipline.
• Lean Six Sigma Black belt or Master Black Belt accreditation.
• Proven track record of delivering lean initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to establish, communicate, and implement long-term strategic and operational goals.
• Effectively manage a volume of work across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Accomplished record of problem-solving, sharing evidence of critical thinking, and considerate decision making.
• Establish and maintain networks, influence in a matrixed organization, and communicate in a clear and highly professional manner.

Work location:

• Hybrid-Eagan,MN or San Antonio, TX

Travel: May include up to 25% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country o